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China becomes EU’s largest trade partner

The data also discredits some media reports that Beijing’s hopes of using Europe as a counterweight to the US have faltered, as China faces rising anger over its policies and behavior including trade. Chinese experts said the noise will not have any impact on sound trade relations between the two economies.

The latest data from Eurostat shows China has become the EU’s largest trade partner for the first time, surpassing the US by 5.2 billion euro ($6.16 billion…

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Biden stands by intention to return to Iran nuclear deal

US President-elect Joe Biden reiterated his intention to return to the 2015 nuclear agreement with Iran, provided that the Islamic Republic returns to compliance with it.

In an interview with the New York Times, Biden was asked whether he stood by his views on the Iran nuclear deal as articulated in an essay published on CNN’s website in September and replied, “It’s going to be hard, but yeah.”

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Biden’s OMB Pick, Neera Tanden, Is a Conspiracy Theorist Who Pushed False and Disputed Election Info

Joe Biden’s pick to head the Office of Management and Budget, Neera Tanden, has deleted about 1,000 tweets in anticipation of a tough Senate confirmation.

Tanden, who is the CEO of the Center for American Progress, a liberal think tank, would need a majority vote in the Senate to become the head of Biden’s Office of Management and Budget, meaning that she is likely to need GOP support.

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Mahmoud Abbas Cheers Biden’s Election

For Mahmoud Abbas, the apparent election of Joe Biden as the 46th president of the United States is sheer relief. As a result of his disagreement with President Donald Trump’s “Peace of the Century,” he severed his ties with the Trump administration, and in May, he suspended the security coordination with Israel.

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ADP reports hiring slowdown in November ahead of government payrolls report

  • Private payrolls grew by 307,000 in November, a decline from the 404,000 the previous month, ADP reported.
  • The total was well below the Dow Jones estimate of 475,000.
  • Hospitality led the way in job creation, adding 95,000 positions despite increasing pressure on bars and restaurants as coronavirus cases rise.

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Daily Beast Editor Calls For “Humiliation” And “Incarceration” For Trump Supporters

Now, Daily Beast editor-at-large Rick Wilson has added his own call for “humiliation,” “incarceration” and even ritualistic suicides for Trump supporters in an unhinged, vulgar column. Wilson declared “[o]nly exposure, pain, humiliation, and (inshallah) incarceration will lead to a moment of reckoning for the GOP.”

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